After learning about Vetch, I thought maybe other related plants would be putting out seedpods – and sure enough this birdsfoot trefoil plant had lots of them. Very, very small!
Usually the birdsfoot I see is yellow, but I spotted this beautiful orange variation today. I saw a few others with this color, so I wonder if it might be a growing population?
Lots of other pictures today, hoping to scavenge some time tomorrow to post a few.
Sure they’re not a species of Parnassia? The stamen/pistil arrangements as well as distinct petal veining are not that Anenome-like pretty as they may be.
So, I didn’t get a good shot of the leaves, but they’re either A. parviflora or Parnassia palustris. Based on where I was in the park, could go either way, but thought Parnassia was more of a roadside wildflower vs. a proper alpine.
I’ll have to check the rest of my photos to see if I can sort this out!
Tbh I always imagined Parnassia as more of a swamp plant, but that’s just cause I had heard of Parnassia palustris before any other member of the genus lol. Fingers crossed that you have some foliage shots!
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